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WEST TENNESSEE BANK V. CITIZENS' BANK, 80 U. S. 432 (1871)
80 U. S. 432U.S. Supreme Court
West Tennessee Bank v. Citizens' Bank, 80 U.S. 13 Wall. 432 432 (1871)
West Tennessee Bank v. Citizens' Bank
80 U.S. (13 Wall.) 432
Syllabus
A case is not within the 25th section of the Judiciary Act when the judgment below is founded on a matter which is not within the section, even though it be founded also, for an independent base, on other matter which it is asserted is within it.